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Top Mistakes New IT Consultants Make (And How to Avoid Making Them Yourself)
If you are just starting up a new IT consulting firm, it’s an exciting time. But even the smartest technical gurus can quickly get so ensnared in all of the minutiae of running a business that it hampers their ability to get their enterprise off the ground. According to Gene Zaino, CEO of MBO Partners,…
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HP Launches Private Cloud Service Beta Program
Hewlett-Packard is taking the latest steps in its efforts to become a major cloud computing player, launching the private beta for two public cloud services. The infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) offerings, announced Sept. 7, are HP Cloud Compute and HP Cloud Object Storage, and offer a combination of HP hardware and software technologies as well as the…
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Plantronics, Cisco Partner on SMB Communications Initiatives
Audio communications specialist Plantronics announced the availability of tools, training events and special product offers as part of an initiative aimed at supporting the communications requirements of small and midsize businesses. Plantronics said it is working with strategic partners, including Cisco, to develop and offer technology solutions for this mobile-focused market segment. The first SMB…
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Faster Boot Times Expected in Microsoft’s Windows 8
Microsoft is working to speed up boot times for Windows 8. “Few operations in Windows are as scrutinized, measured, and picked apart as boot,” Gabe Aul, a director of program management for Windows, wrote in a Sept. 8 posting on Microsoft’s Building Windows 8 blog. The goal with Windows 8, he added, was to create…
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Data Breaches Reported at 71 Percent of Health Care Companies in the Past Year: Report
A new study by Veriphyr, a software-as-a-service data analytics application provider, found that 71 percent of health care organizations have suffered at least one data breach within the past year. Veriphyr offers data-analytics software that allows medical practices to view logs showing who has accessed patients’ medical records. Insider peeks were responsible for most of…